Altering the Doc properties from inside a document

[Mumbly_Joe]

So my question might be a little convoluted but here goes nothing.

I'm trying to create a template that has some kind of textbox that changes
the document property (specifically "category") to what ever has been typed
in the box.

I'm not really certain where to begin

 

[Mumbly_Joe]

Ok, Maybe a better way to phrase this question is that I'm looking ot creat
some sort of textbox, field cell ect... that runs a macro when ever text is
typed in it (A ma cro that will in this case change a doc property)

 

[Graham Mayor]

If you add the following autonew macro to your document, it will prompt on
creating a new document and write what you enter in the box to the Category
document property then update any fields in the document. If you are using a
docproperty field elsewhere than in the main text area, you may need a more
robust update routine to catch it - see
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

Sub AutoNew()
Dim sCat As String
sCat = InputBox("Enter category", "Category")
ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties("Category").Value = sCat
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub


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[Graham Mayor]

The simple expedient of typing text into some form of field is not going to
be sufficient to trigger the macro. You could run it on exit from a
protected form field or a Word 2007 content control - even a table cell, but
you have to take some specific action to trigger the macro that is more than
simply typing.

If the macro I suggested earlier is unsuitable, then let us know the purpose
of the exercise. There may be a better solution.

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[Mumbly_Joe]

Thanks, that's really helpful, but I have a bit of a follow up question to
ask now.

I'm putting together this template for some co-workers and the the feedback
I've gotten is that that they want an easy way to change it at a later time.
So let's say that it starts out as a "Blue" and then later down the line they
need to change to a "Red". Now let's pretend it's difficult to modify a doc
category manually, is there an easy way to make like a dutton on the doc that
runs the maco again?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Yes - just run the macro again - see how to add a macro to a button at
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

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